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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: an informer or spy working for the police [syn: nark, copper's nark]
2: a lawman concerned with narcotics violations [syn: narc, nark, narcotics agent] v
1: cause annoyance in; disturb, especially by minor irritations; "Mosquitoes buzzing in my ear really bothers me"; "It irritates me that she never closes the door after she leaves" [syn: annoy, rag, get to, bother, get at, irritate, rile, nark, nettle, gravel, vex, chafe, devil]
2: inform or spy (for the police)

Merriam Webster's

I. noun Etymology: perhaps from Romany nak nose Date: circa 1860 British stool pigeon 1 II. variant of narc III. transitive verb Etymology: origin unknown Date: 1888 British irritate, annoy

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & v. Brit. sl. --n. 1 a police informer or decoy. 2 Austral. an annoying person or thing. --v.tr. (usu. in passive) annoy; infuriate (was narked by their attitude). Phrases and idioms: nark it! stop that! Etymology: Romany nak nose